AL71 · Willow Point Airport

OUR TOWN, ALABAMA · SMALL AIRPORT

551

Elevation ft

Runway

4,500

Longest ft · 08/26

32.80N

85.98W

Willow Point Airport serves Our Town, Alabama at 551 ft elevation with its longest runway, 08/26, at 4,500 by 60 ft. The figures below are computed from FAA NASR runway data (via OurAirports) and the same rules of thumb JetDesk uses on the airport page in the app; the POH and current NOTAMs are the authority.

Private-use airfield. The FAA file marks this field private use. It is listed here for reference. Landing needs the owner's prior permission, and there may be no fuel or services. Do not plan it as a fuel stop or a routine alternate.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
08/26	4,500 × 60 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 551 ft is about 14°C. Every 1,000 ft of density altitude adds roughly 8 percent to a turboprop's takeoff distance and 5 percent to its landing distance. The table uses Piper Meridian book numbers (2,438 ft takeoff and 2,110 ft landing over a 50 ft obstacle at sea level, ISA, max weight) as a reference airplane; heavier turboprops and light jets scale the same way from their own POH figures.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 14°C)	551 ft	2,545 ft	2,168 ft	3,252 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,751 ft	2,780 ft	2,295 ft	3,442 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	2,951 ft	3,014 ft	2,421 ft	3,632 ft
35°C afternoon	3,083 ft	3,039 ft	2,435 ft	3,653 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (08/26, 4,500 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,653 ft needed). The percentages are a generic rule of thumb applied to one reference airplane, not certified performance data for any specific aircraft, and the runway size categories describe the runway, not your airplane's suitability. Verify with the approved flight manual before every flight.

03Nearby fields with 5,000 ft or more

Listed for reference only: AL71 is not a field to divert to or buy fuel at.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KALX Thomas C Russell Field	7 nm N	5,422 ft
K06A Moton Field Municipal Airport	26 nm SE	5,005 ft
KSCD Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport	28 nm NW	5,390 ft
KAUO Auburn University Regional Airport	30 nm E	5,264 ft
K1A9 Prattville - Grouby Field	35 nm SW	5,400 ft

04Fuel and services at AL71

There is no public FBO fuel to log at AL71. JetDesk collects Jet A prices that pilots actually paid, at civil fields, and its route finder leaves military and private-use fields out of every ranking. Read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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